Agile is not a guarantee of speed and it is not appropriate for every situation. Its value comes from shorter feedback loops, clearer priorities, visible work and faster learning when those practices fit the delivery context.

Course Overview

The Agile Project Management program is a comprehensive, practical course covering agile principles, Scrum, Kanban, and scaled agile approaches for project managers, product owners, team leads, and organizational leaders who want to deliver projects more responsively and effectively in complex, changing environments.

The program goes beyond the basics of agile ceremonies to address how agile thinking changes the role of the project manager, how to manage stakeholder expectations in an iterative delivery environment, how to scale agile across programs and portfolios, and how to introduce agile practices in organizations still operating traditional delivery models.

Available as an instructor-led classroom course in classroom cohorts when public dates are confirmed, as a fully live online program, and as a customized in-house program. Every format is live and interactive. There are no pre-recorded sessions.

Course decision snapshot

Is this the right development fit?

Live, instructor-led and adaptable to context

Best fit

Project managers and teams working in changing environments where priorities evolve quickly

Delivery

Live classroom, live online, or private in-house delivery

Built around

Prioritization, iterative planning, team cadence, feedback and adaptive delivery

Take back to work

A practical agile operating rhythm without unnecessary methodology overhead

Who Delivers This Program

Programs are delivered by subject-matter practitioners selected for relevance to the topic, audience level, and delivery context. For private and in-house cohorts, facilitator matching considers the organization’s industry and participant profile. A facilitator biography can be provided when a cohort is confirmed.

How We Make This Relevant to You Specifically

Our standard design process uses a short pre-course profile covering each participant’s role, industry, current challenges, and objectives. Facilitators use those profiles to calibrate examples, discussion, and exercises to the people in the room. For in-house programs, organizational priorities are also reviewed with the program sponsor before delivery.

What You Will Learn

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

Apply agile principles in your project context
Move beyond agile as a set of ceremonies to understand what the underlying principles require of project managers and teams.

Lead Scrum teams effectively
Facilitate sprints, standups, retrospectives, and reviews in a way that produces genuine output rather than process compliance.

Apply Kanban for flow and throughput
Design and manage Kanban systems that visualize work, limit WIP, and improve team throughput and predictability.

Manage stakeholders in an agile environment
Set and manage stakeholder expectations in iterative delivery environments where scope evolves and certainty is intentionally deferred.

Scale agile across programs and portfolios
Apply SAFe, LeSS, and other scaling frameworks to coordinate multiple agile teams working on related outcomes.

Introduce agile in traditional organizations
Navigate the organizational resistance and governance constraints that accompany agile adoption in non-technology and traditionally structured organizations.

Measure agile team performance
Use velocity, cycle time, burndown charts, and lead time metrics to track and improve team performance without reverting to traditional reporting.

Choose the right delivery approach
Make an informed decision between agile, waterfall, and hybrid approaches for different project types and organizational contexts.

Framework at a glance

The adaptive delivery loop

PrioritizeKeep the most valuable work visible and ordered.

DeliverWork in short cycles with clear ownership and feedback.

AdaptReview evidence, learn quickly and adjust the plan.

Capability journey

How the learning moves from insight to application

The sequence is adapted to the participant group and delivery context, while keeping the focus on practical application.

Prioritize the right work

Plan in shorter cycles

Coordinate delivery visibly

Review, learn and adapt

Course Outline

The program is structured across nine modules covering agile principles through to scaled delivery. Depth and sequencing are calibrated to your format and any customization agreed in the pre-course needs assessment.

Module 1: Agile Principles, Values, and the Agile Mindset

The Agile Manifesto, the twelve principles, the difference between doing agile and being agile, why agile transformations fail when they focus on process without changing mindset, and what agile requires of project managers, leaders, and organizations.

Module 2: Scrum Framework in Depth

Scrum roles (Product Owner, Scrum Master, development team), artifacts (product backlog, sprint backlog, increment), events (sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review, sprint retrospective), the definition of done, and how to make each ceremony genuinely productive rather than a compliance exercise.

Module 3: Product Backlog Management and User Stories

Writing effective user stories, acceptance criteria, story splitting, backlog refinement, prioritization techniques (MoSCoW, WSJF, value vs effort), managing a healthy backlog over the life of a project, and the product owner’s role in keeping the backlog aligned to business value.

Module 4: Kanban and Flow-Based Delivery

Kanban principles, visualizing workflow, WIP limits and why they work, managing flow and identifying bottlenecks, cycle time and lead time metrics, Scrumban as a hybrid approach, and when Kanban is a better fit than Scrum.

Module 5: Agile Estimation, Planning, and Metrics

Story points and relative estimation, planning poker, velocity tracking, sprint and release planning, burndown and burnup charts, forecasting delivery with agile metrics, and having honest conversations with stakeholders about what agile estimation can and cannot tell them.

Module 6: Stakeholder Management and Communication in Agile

Managing stakeholders who expect fixed-scope commitments in an iterative delivery environment, communicating progress through working software rather than status reports, running effective sprint reviews that build stakeholder confidence, and handling escalation when agile delivery challenges traditional governance expectations.

Module 7: Scaling Agile Across Programs and Portfolios

Why scaling is different from simply running more Scrum teams, introduction to SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), and Nexus, program increment planning, agile release trains, and portfolio-level agile governance for organizations managing multiple agile initiatives simultaneously.

Module 8: Introducing Agile in Traditional Organizations

Why agile adoptions fail and what to do differently, managing the cultural and governance resistance that accompanies agile change, hybrid approaches that bridge agile and waterfall where full adoption is not yet feasible, building organizational agile capability incrementally, and the leader’s role in creating the conditions for agile to succeed.

Module 9: Your Agile Implementation Plan

Consolidating insights from the program and building a concrete agile implementation or improvement plan for your team or organization, with a 90-day action plan, peer coaching, and certificate of completion.

What This Program Helps Your Organization Improve

The organizational value comes from better delivery discipline in uncertain work. Participants learn how to make work visible, shorten feedback cycles, manage priorities and dependencies, and use agile methods without abandoning accountability.

Clearer prioritization and backlog decisions
Shorter feedback loops between teams and stakeholders
Better visibility of progress, blockers and delivery risk
More disciplined retrospectives and continuous improvement
A practical basis for choosing agile, hybrid or predictive approaches by context

Is This the Right Program for You?

This program is ideal if:

You manage projects in environments where requirements change frequently
You are transitioning from waterfall to agile delivery
You lead or want to implement agile practices in your team or organization
You are preparing for AgilePM, SAFe, or PMI-ACP certification

Consider a different program if:

You need foundational project management first, see PM-01
Your focus is specifically on project risk management, see PM-03

Talk to a training advisor if you are unsure.

Who Should Attend

Project managers and program managers moving from waterfall to agile delivery

Scrum masters, product owners, and agile team leads

IT and product managers working in iterative delivery environments

Leaders introducing agile practices to traditionally structured organizations

Those preparing for AgilePM, SAFe, or PMI-ACP certification

Basic project management familiarity is helpful. Participants from all industries welcome. Delivered in English. Arabic delivery available for in-house programs on request.

How We Customize This Program for Your Organization

Your current stateWe assess your organization’s current delivery maturity and agile adoption level, calibrating the program to close the most important gaps.

Sector-specific scenariosAll exercises use project examples from your industry, including non-technology sectors where agile adoption is increasing.

Scaling focusFor organizations running multiple agile teams, we can deepen the SAFe or LeSS content to address your specific scaling challenges.

Professional-framework contextWhere useful, we can relate the course material to widely used agile frameworks while keeping the program focused on practical application rather than claiming official certification alignment.

Applied toolkit

What you can take back to work

The emphasis is on usable work products, not notes alone. Exact outputs are adapted to the participant group and delivery context.

TOOL 1

Backlog prioritization board

TOOL 2

Iteration planning template

TOOL 3

Review and retrospective guide

TOOL 4

Agile team cadence map

Need this adapted to your team?

Turn the course into a private capability-building program

We can calibrate the examples, scenarios, emphasis and delivery structure around your participant group, organization and business priorities.

Discuss a Cohort In-House Training

Choose the delivery model

Same capability focus, different delivery context

Program depth, schedule and examples are calibrated to the cohort and delivery environment rather than forced into one universal duration.

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Live ClassroomFacilitated face to face with discussion, practice, peer exchange and applied workshop time.

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Live OnlineFully live and instructor-led, with interaction and practice rather than pre-recorded self-study.

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Private / In-HouseAdapted to your organization, participant profile, scenarios, priorities and operational constraints.

Delivery Format

In-Person Classroom

Daily timetable confirmed for each scheduled session
Cohort size confirmed for each scheduled session
Public classroom cohorts when dates are confirmed
Materials and workbook included

Live Online

Live instructor-led, never pre-recorded
Flexible time-zone scheduling
Fully interactive with breakout groups
Same outcomes and certificate as classroom

In-House / Corporate: Delivered for your teams anywhere in the world. Request a proposal.

Pricing

The public-course fees shown below apply to the currently configured offering in Saudi Arabia and the GCC. Program length and structure may vary by cohort and delivery context; confirmed session details are shown when dates are scheduled.

Public fees exclude VAT or other applicable taxes.

$3,950

Per delegate
Individual booking

$3,358

Per delegate
3 delegates (15% off)

$3,292

Per delegate
6 delegates (pay for 5)

Fees include all materials, workbook, and certificate. For venues outside the GCC, see the Training Calendar. For in-house delivery, contact us for a proposal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need project management experience before attending?

Basic familiarity with project management concepts is helpful. Participants with no PM background at all may find PM-01 a better starting point. For most working professionals who have managed or contributed to projects, PM-02 is accessible without prior formal training.

Is this program only relevant to software or IT projects?

No. While agile originated in software development, it is now applied across marketing, product development, organizational transformation, construction, and many other sectors. The program includes non-technology applications and examples throughout.

Does this prepare me for agile certification?

This is a practical TheSkillGrid course rather than an official AgilePM, PMI-ACP, or SAFe exam-preparation program. It can provide useful practical context for professionals who are separately considering those qualifications.

What certificate do participants receive?

Every participant receives a TheSkillGrid Certificate of Completion in Agile Project Management, which can be added to LinkedIn.

Upcoming Dates & Venues

Explore proposed 2027 dates and venues for this course. The city, trainer, venue, duration and fee are subject to confirmation. Use the proposed-date link to request availability, not a confirmed booking.

No sessions currently scheduled.
Request course availability with your preferred date, location and group size. We will confirm available public-session and private-team options before any booking or payment.

Agile Project Management